At one point in this poem, the speaker describes a fictitious painting by "a minor lion attending on Gérôme." It opens by des
At one point in this poem, the speaker describes a fictitious painting by "a minor lion attending on Gérôme." It opens by describing an empty card table, and later the speaker notes that "here under the table all along were those missing feet" before saying, "it's done." The speaker's governess speaks German and French, and is referred to as "Mademoiselle." The speaker describes his search for a German translation of Paul Valéry's "Palme." For 10 points, name this poem in which a child waits for a jigsaw puzzle to arrive, written by the author of The Changing Light of Sandover, James Merrill.
At one point in this poem, the speaker describes a fictitious painting by "a minor lion attending on Gérôme.
“{Lost} in Translation”